Shereé Whitfield took 14 years to give The Real Housewives of Atlanta fans her She By Shereé line, and it's already under fire after its debut. Shereé has been teasing her fashion line since her RHOA season 1 inception. Early RHOA fans will remember Shereé's first fashion show that turned into a showing of sketches after none of her pieces were delivered on time. Shereé even wore a dress from another designer and not one she created for her line. From then on, She By Shereé became a joke the other ladies would use to get under Shereé's skin. Her most infamous She By Shereé blunder came during her last reunion ahead of her hiatus, where she claimed her joggers would be coming in "Spring, Summer, September." RHOA season 14 saw the return of Shereé, along with her friend Fatum Alford, and her She By Shereé brand. Fans were happy to cheer her on during the season finale that ended with her first-ever fashion show. The show closed with an announcement telling fans that the She By Shereé website is officially up and running.Bravo helped set the perfect stage for Shereé's fashion line debut. However, shortly after the RHOA season 14 finale aired, Shereé took to social media and posted a statement explaining why her website was down. “Due to the overwhelming interest in She by Sheree the influx of love is crashing the website!!" Shereé shared this in a statement she shared on Instagram and Twitter. She insisted that the website was being "worked on" and told fans to check back "within the next 24 hours," to see if the site was back up and running. If that weren't bad enough, RHOA fans, who are worried about Shereé, got a peek at the line and started blasting her designs, claiming they looked identical to fitness wear sold at online retailers like SHEIN and Amazon. "She by Somebody Else!" Apathetic Diva captioned a tweet that included side-by-side screenshots of Shereé's "Trina Two Piece Set" and an exact replica being sold on Amazon.
RHOA fans also called out the high price point of Shereé's $130 two-piece set that looked exactly like $20-$30 sets being sold elsewhere. "Are these prices playing tricks on my eyes?" Nick Swagsby tweeted, along with a screenshot showing the high price points of She By Shereé. The photo showed how RHOA's Shereé, who was ghosted by Tyrone Gilliams, is selling t-shirts with her popular phrases from RHOA for $142. "Why is a t-shirt over $125?" one fan asked. "Is she playing a trick on us?" asked someone else. After the rocky launch, She By Shereé was trending for all the wrong reasons. Once again, the OG housewife's fashion line was the butt of the joke.
When it came to the fashion show, while it was a success in a sense, it started two hours late and showcased pieces that weren't exactly worth the 14-year wait, according to RHOA castmate Drew Sidora. Shereé had one job, and fans were rooting for her to win. But Shereé has shown that she is a better event planner than a fashion designer. The launch flop could be part of Shereé's RHOA season 15 storyline since there's still a lot of work to do with getting She By Shereé off the ground. Shereé, who had reservations about returning to RHOA, is no stranger to failed business endeavors; it's seemingly becoming part of her brand. Leave it up to Shereé to find a way to turn this around in her favor.
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Sources: Shereé Whitfield/ Twitter, Apathetic Diva/ Twitter, Nick Swagsb/ Twitter